DS Michelin Centipede – 1972
It's a Citroën DS 1972, it was built by Michelin, she has 10 wheels, or rather 11 ! It was constructed to test the wear on the truck tires. The issue in truck tire takes the center of the car, the frame is cut to allow the tire touching the ground.
His nickname, it's the “Centipede”. This is a rather special DS, she has two Chevrolet V8 engines with a 5,7 Litres, it develops 250 CV, she weights 9 tons and can travel at 180 km/h.
There is only one model.
(Photo credits Olivier Tallon)
(Photo credits Olivier Tallon)
surprising, non ?!
Another view of Centipede found on a forum (23/12/2005)
More news photos of the DS 10 wheels (13/10/2006)
It exists in model 1 / 43th. (13/10/2006)
on display
Beautiful profile Centipede (13/11/2006)
Thank you to Jean Pierre Lafond Quebec for having found the site GT Dreams in which there are new photos of Mille Michelin Legs ! (15/05/2007)
Very nice front view
This picture is so hard to believe it is surreal !
A big thank you to Benoit Dujardin for his 2 pictures taken at the gathering for 50 years of the DS at St Quentin en Yvelines 8 October 2005.
Marc,
Please credit the photos to whom it may concern. The 4 pictures together are from myself, taken in 1999 on the Charade circuit.
Hello Olivier
I'm frankly sorry, you should have contacted me well before, that I correct my mistakes.
Impossible for me not to publish such beautiful photos of such a beautiful car.
thank you, it's corrected.
Marc